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D. EDWARDS.

Auxiliary Sight for Fire Arms.

No. 242,517. Patented June 7,1881.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL EDWARDS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

AUXILIARY SIGHT FOR FIRE-ARMS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,517, dated June '7, 1881.

Application filed November 10, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL EDWARDS, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Adjustable Wind-Gages,'of which the following is a specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is afront View of my ind-gage. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a sight complete with my improvement attached. Fig. 3 is a side view of the leaf and slide. Fig. 4 is a perspective of the gage and part of the leaf. Fig. 5 is an end View of the sight with leaf turned down.

The invention consists of athin oblong piece of metal, A, the lower edge of which is hent to, or nearly to, a right angle, 0. An oblong slot, B, extends lengthwise through the center from side to side, nearly. There are three sight-notches, D D D,in the upperedge (one. in the center and one on each side) and one, D, in the center of the lower edge, as shown in Fig. 1.

To apply this gage to an ordinary military ritle it is only necessary to unfasten the screws of the sight'bar, take off the front plate, G, insert the wind-gage between the front plate, G, and back plate, H, then fasten all together again, passing the screws through the slot of the wind-gage, as shown in Fig. 2.

To use the wind-gage at long ranges with raised sight-leaf, raise the sigh t-har to the proper elevation for the distance; then slide the gage to right or left as far as may be necessary.

Should the wind be moderate, sight through the central notch; it strong, use a side notch,

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sighting outside the leaf F. The gun then shoots to right or left, as desired.

Asmall scale, E, Figs. 1 and 4, is marked on the upper edge of the gage, which may be used for accurate measurement and record by cutting the front plate, G, to a point or scratching a perpendicular line through its center as an index. (See Fig. 4.) At the shorter ranges the leaf is lowered, as usual, and the sight taken through the lower notch, D, the gage being moved to right or left, as necessary.

The application of the two outside notches, D D, is a novelty; by means of thema wind allowance of over thirty feet at five hundred yards may be obtained.

This wind-gage may be applied permanently to the sight or removed and replaced, when required, on the same or other ordinary ritlesights.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, with the elevating-leaf and notched slide of a gun-sight, of the bar A, slotted and notched, as shown, and the retainil'lg-screws and plate, all constructed and arranged to operate as set forth.

2. A gage-slide for a sight for firearms, consisting of an elongated slotted bar having a side flange at about right angles to the body of the bar, both the main bar and the flange being notched, substantially as described.

DANIEL EDWARDS.

Witnesses:

W. B. GOUGIITRY, 0. H. DEOUMBUS. 

